§ MR. CHIOZZA MONEYI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the success of the policy of railway nationalisation in foreign countries and British Possessions, he can see his way to the appointment of a Royal Commission or Select Committee of this House to report upon the advisability of nationalising the railways of the United Kingdom.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (MR. LLOYD-GEORGE, Carnarvon Boroughs)I understand that the Question referred to is within the scope of the Viceregal Commission on Irish Railways, so far as those railways are concerned. I think my hon. friend had better await the Report of that Commission before pressing for another.
SIR GILBERT PARKERDoes the right hon. Gentleman agree with the statement in the Question that the nationalisation of railways has been a comparative success?
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEYes, I certainly think so.